Woman gives birth in police van on the way to hospital in Jammu

A 32-year-old woman, hailing from Bahraich district of Uttar Presh, gave birth to a baby girl while being shifted to a hospital here in a police van on Sunday, police said.

Sonia Devi, who presently lives in Channi Himmat locality here, experienced labour pain around 2 am Sunday when her husband Raj Kumar, a migrant labourer, me a distress call to Police Control Room (PCR), seeking help, a police official said.

He said PCR immediately passed on information to police station concerned and a van was rushed to take Devi to SMGS hospital.

However, woman gave birth to a female baby en route to hospital, official said, ding woman was taken to her home after being given first aid.

Both mor and child are in good health, official said.